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marshall: 4inspectorlee? allright, thank you then. deliberations. thank you. >> for the record, you have a quorum. excuse me? we are ready when you are. are we on? >> chief? chief suhr: nothing to. -- no thank you. >> it says we are live. >> our screens are on. >> we are back in session. you have a quorum. >> john alden, for the department. >> inspector frank lee, representing myself. vice president marshall: the commission has deliberated. specification number 1 is sustained by a vote of 4-1. with regard to specification number two, the specification is not sustained, by a vote of 5- 0. with regard to specification number three, the specification is not sustained, by a vote of 5-0. with regard to specification number four, the specification is not sustained, by a vote of 5-0. with regard to specification number five, the specification is sustained, by a vote of 5-0. 1 and 5 are sustained. two, three, and four are not sustained. you wanted a moment to talk to the chief. i believe you asked that? we can stop for a moment and allow you to do that. >> please. thank you. vice president

marshall: 4 inspector lee? all right, thank you then. deliberations. thank you. >> for the record, you have a quorum. excuse me? we are ready when you are. are we on? >> chief? chief suhr: nothing to. -- no thank you. >> it says we are live. >> our screens are on. >> we are back in session. you have a quorum. >> john alden, for the department. >> inspector frank lee, representing myself. vice president marshall: the commission has deliberated....

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said, is with a screening of a documentary film called "bully." by thedirectorleehirsch,who is here with us today of we're very, very grateful. yes, absolutely. [ applause ] urban you are going to be hearing from mr. hirsh after the film and couldn't be more grateful for him bringing voice to this issue. we really appreciate it and again, a round of applause for mr. hirsch and what he has done. [ applause ] as richard said it's fun to be out of school and i have two children in the bay area and i know how they would react being out of school. this film is very powerful, but it's very important and has an unbelievably important message. after the film, there is going to be a brief discussion with abc news anchor cheryl jennings, when i'm sure you recognize from television. [ applause ] with mr. hirsch and commander from the san francisco police department and your own superintendent of schools, richard carranza. and now i would like to welcome the mayor of city and county of san francisco. [ applause ] our very popular mayor of the city and county of san francisco, ed lee. [ app

said, is with a screening of a documentary film called "bully." by the director lee hirsch, who is here with us today of we're very, very grateful. yes, absolutely. [ applause ] urban you are going to be hearing from mr. hirsh after the film and couldn't be more grateful for him bringing voice to this issue. we really appreciate it and again, a round of applause for mr. hirsch and what he has done. [ applause ] as richard said it's fun to be out of school and i have two children in...

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the state. and tomayorlee, thankyou for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her strong support and wisdom of identifying a great leader of china sf and darlene chu, carrying the torch for the board of directors. there are a number of you assembled here and you have done an extraordinary job to demonstrate our commitment not just rhetorically but substantively in terms of engaging in defiance -- advancing our collective efforts to focus on trade and exports. to the entire team that have been at the helm for decades now, here in san francisco supporting our efforts to reach out to china on behalf of them, dianne feinstein who established our sister city our protocol chief, i am honored to be here. a 12 take a brief moment to say a few things on behalf of the state of california. like san francisco, california has always been a state of dreamers, and doors, and entrepreneurs. a state head -- that has prided itself of being on the leading and cutting edge of new ideas. we're one of the most diversity's, san francisco is the largest per-capita chinese population of ma

the state. and to mayor lee, thank you for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her strong support and wisdom of identifying a great leader of china sf and darlene chu, carrying the torch for the board of directors. there are a number of you assembled here and you have done an extraordinary job to demonstrate our commitment not just rhetorically but substantively in terms of engaging in defiance -- advancing our collective efforts to focus on trade and exports. to the entire team...

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, mayoredlee, sanfrancisco mayor, and the conversation will be moderated by our own michael aaroningtonv1 . >> it's early. you were here last year, mr. mayor. >> yes, i was. >> is it your mayorship or mr. mayor? >> ed is fine. >> mr. mayorship, before we start i want to note it's 9-11. it's been eleven years and i know that you were up early this morning. can you tell us a little bit how you sort of marked the day. >> yes, i was and again i thank tech crunch for recognizing a moment of silence. i joined some 30 cadets at our fire station training center, which chief hayes white and commissioners and we read off all of the names, 375 of them, the names of the victims of 9-11. and we have done that for the purpose to recall them, what they did and then i had an opportunity to recognize the cadets and all the officers and thank them and tell them we're very appreciative of them as first-responders in the city. >> i was in new york when it happened and it's always odd for me to think back to that time. so onto some news. you have a lot to talk about today and we're going to try

, mayor ed lee, san francisco mayor, and the conversation will be moderated by our own michael aaroningtonv1 . >> it's early. you were here last year, mr. mayor. >> yes, i was. >> is it your mayorship or mr. mayor? >> ed is fine. >> mr. mayorship, before we start i want to note it's 9-11. it's been eleven years and i know that you were up early this morning. can you tell us a little bit how you sort of marked the day. >> yes, i was and again i thank tech...

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, and we will call >> commissioners chan, kin gsley, and turman. >> inspectorfranklee, representinghimself. >> the motion to request 13 additional investigative interviews is denied by a vote of 5-0. the second motion, to review and correct the hearing transcripts, is denied by a vote of 5-0. we just want to note that the commission has received the errata sheet. we will proceed to the next motion, the motion to dismiss for lack of evidence. you have five minutes, inspector lee. >> i submitted this motion to dismiss the charges, based on the fact that this case did not rise to the level of preponderance of evidence. that is one of the reasons why i submitted it. basically, this case stems from the fact that i had to fight to get into the homicide unit, and i complained publicly to the police commission, and made several appearances before the police commission, and complained about the homicide interview process. chief fong, right before she retired, finally let me in. i became the first asian- american homicide inspector in the san francisco police department. i filed a petition w

, and we will call >> commissioners chan, kin gsley, and turman. >> inspector frank lee, representing himself. >> the motion to request 13 additional investigative interviews is denied by a vote of 5-0. the second motion, to review and correct the hearing transcripts, is denied by a vote of 5-0. we just want to note that the commission has received the errata sheet. we will proceed to the next motion, the motion to dismiss for lack of evidence. you have five minutes, inspector...

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arguments thatinspectorleemadethis evening, with respect to bias, were not made in the written motion, so we did not put -- did not apply in our written motion. speaking to the issue about discrimination or retaliation, there is ample evidence in the record that corroborates the claims made as to each of the specifications. i do not want to belabor the point. in short, this relates to refusal to serve a search warrant as ordered. use of testimony in the transcript it took him six days to serve a warrant, and multiple repeated orders before he executed the warrant. you also have an accusation that he was dishonest when he told his acting lieutenant at the scene of executing the warrant that he had been instructed by another lieutenant to go home and have someone else write the report. we have the testimony from the acting lt. that evening that that was what frank lee had told him. and you have testimony from another lieutenant that he had said no such thing. you have also seen the interviews in which the inspector lee repeats these false claims. there is ample evidence. specific

arguments that inspector lee made this evening, with respect to bias, were not made in the written motion, so we did not put -- did not apply in our written motion. speaking to the issue about discrimination or retaliation, there is ample evidence in the record that corroborates the claims made as to each of the specifications. i do not want to belabor the point. in short, this relates to refusal to serve a search warrant as ordered. use of testimony in the transcript it took him six days to...

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on motions and disciplinary charges filed against inspectorfranklee, filenumber kmoc10-032. possible discussion and action to sustain or not sustain disciplinary charges. possible discussion and action to decide penalty, if necessary. >> i am from the department. >> i am inspector frankly, representing myself. -- frank lee, representing myself. vice president marshall: this hearing is being held in open session. is that ok with you? >> yes. vice president marshall: secondly, the commission have read all the transcripts in this case. >> commissioners? commissioner chan: yes, i did. commissioner kingsley: yes. commissioner turman: yes. commissioner loftus: yes. vice president marshall: yes. my understanding is we have a couple of motions to decide first. >> one of the first motions is the motions filed -- vice president marshall: i will give you five minutes to talk about the motion. just say what the motions are, and then i will talk about how we are going to proceed. >> the first motion is part of the record. the second is the motion to review and correct the hearing transc

on motions and disciplinary charges filed against inspector frank lee, file number kmoc10-032. possible discussion and action to sustain or not sustain disciplinary charges. possible discussion and action to decide penalty, if necessary. >> i am from the department. >> i am inspector frankly, representing myself. -- frank lee, representing myself. vice president marshall: this hearing is being held in open session. is that ok with you? >> yes. vice president marshall:...

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going to hand that toedlee'steamat tech sf. they will create curriculum to specifically train for those entry-level jobs that our tech companies. >> it's amazing. do you have -- i have a joke in a minute, but are other mayors coming to you and asking how do i help my own city? >> yes, i am a member of the u.s. conference of mayors. >> that sounds exciting [ laughter ]pt >> it's all the mayors from new york, to boston to los angeles and we all get together twice a year and we're exchanging stories of how we're trying to make our cities successful. >> do you all talk at once? [ laughter ] >> we usually do. we usually do. but this year, they listened to what san francisco was all about. and so at our advice, they created a task force on technology and innovation from the rest of the mayors and they made me the chair. so i get to chair that and i get to introduce all of the technology/innovation that we're doing in san francisco, offering samples to the rest of the cities across the country and have them interact with us. we're onto our third meeting and it's virtual meetings, as

going to hand that to ed lee's team at tech sf. they will create curriculum to specifically train for those entry-level jobs that our tech companies. >> it's amazing. do you have -- i have a joke in a minute, but are other mayors coming to you and asking how do i help my own city? >> yes, i am a member of the u.s. conference of mayors. >> that sounds exciting [ laughter ]pt >> it's all the mayors from new york, to boston to los angeles and we all get together twice a...

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the lead invest gay thors is detectiveandylee. >>this is an address we've got an interest in. it's one of a number. this is a lady from what we have seen appears to be in control of events surrounding the address. she is obviously waiting on something. if we move a little bit of footage, she very quickly comes back into my frame. she's carrying two carrier bags, and she's got a girl behind her who is quite clearly younger than her. she's carrying a suitcase and it's exactly what i would expect when a person is being brought to the premises for the first time. i would be quite comfortable in saying at this moment that that lady is probably within a trafficking chain. she is being moved from one place to another for the sole purpose of sex. >> with strong suspicions of sex trafficking, detective lee must move quickly and gather further intelligence before taking the case to his boss. >> it's my understanding this gentleman here is the guy that's currently -- >> lee is hopeful the local real estate agents may have information about who is operating the brothel. >> it appears to

the lead invest gay thors is detective andy lee. >> this is an address we've got an interest in. it's one of a number. this is a lady from what we have seen appears to be in control of events surrounding the address. she is obviously waiting on something. if we move a little bit of footage, she very quickly comes back into my frame. she's carrying two carrier bags, and she's got a girl behind her who is quite clearly younger than her. she's carrying a suitcase and it's exactly what i...

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special guests. we have nearly --mayorlee. [applause]and we also have our very own superintendent coranza. i am sure you want to hear a few words from the superintendent, correct? from mayor lee? the spring them a warm harvey milk will come. -- let us give them a warm harvey milk will come. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to harvey milk academy. it is my pleasure to join all of you, the students, parents, faculty, and school administration, to kick off a wonderful year. how many students want to be mayor of san francisco? how about a mayor from the civil rights academy of harvey milk? we would be proud of that. i want to welcome everybody back. i know you had a great summer. i want you to approach this school like a sponge, soak up everything that you can learn. it is great to have knowledge about everything going on in the world, what is going on in the city. by the way, i will be supporting your parents and teachers and faculty to make this the best school in san francisco. how about that? [applause] and you are starting out fantastic. this is what san francisco is abou

special guests. we have nearly -- mayor lee. [applause] and we also have our very own superintendent coranza. i am sure you want to hear a few words from the superintendent, correct? from mayor lee? the spring them a warm harvey milk will come. -- let us give them a warm harvey milk will come. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to harvey milk academy. it is my pleasure to join all of you, the students, parents, faculty, and school administration, to kick off a wonderful year. how...

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has already made san francisco an even better place to live, mayoredlee. thereare two things about the mayor's work and his administration that are particularly important to scoot, the first is that mayor lee is working hard to make this city an even better place to start and grow a new business, and second, he's been a toothless support of electric vehicles to improve san francisco's environment and the global environment as a whole so please welcome mayor ed lee. >> michael, matt, congratulations to scoot, yes. scoot and san francisco, well, let me first of all put this in some little perspective that i know, i know that we just announced last week, eb week in san francisco to the delight of so many people who want to just have modes of transportation, multiple modes of transportation in a city that are also environmentally friendly and to contribute that reducing our fossil fuels, we are in san francisco world citizens after all and i know it's exciting for ed risken, our mta manager, he and i were excited to talk about different modes of transportation as we create all these ex

has already made san francisco an even better place to live, mayor ed lee. there are two things about the mayor's work and his administration that are particularly important to scoot, the first is that mayor lee is working hard to make this city an even better place to start and grow a new business, and second, he's been a toothless support of electric vehicles to improve san francisco's environment and the global environment as a whole so please welcome mayor ed lee. >> michael, matt,...

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, helping to break the stigma of hiv/aids. the mayor has just arrived. welcome,mayorlee. [applause]we continue to lead and care for the most vulnerable. just last year, the general became the first hospital in the nation to -- program. the hospital will be crucial in improving the health of our city. we look forward to coordinating all of our services, from primary-care clinics to hospitals, according mental and physical health care. this is what our patients need and deserve. this will bring opportunities to bring services together and improve our research education and administration as well. over the next few years, while the hospital is constructed, the entire health department will be building a seamless health care system to deliver effortless, patient-centered care for the future. thank you for helping us celebrate this important milestone. i would like to recognize the children in the area. [applause] i would like to recognize the commissioners and elected officials. david sanchez. also from the board of supervisors -- david chiu, eric maurer -- eric mar. next, i would lik

, helping to break the stigma of hiv/aids. the mayor has just arrived. welcome, mayor lee. [applause] we continue to lead and care for the most vulnerable. just last year, the general became the first hospital in the nation to -- program. the hospital will be crucial in improving the health of our city. we look forward to coordinating all of our services, from primary-care clinics to hospitals, according mental and physical health care. this is what our patients need and deserve. this will...

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information, >> good morning, good morning, i am charlette shults and behalf ofmayorlee, wewelcome you to this occasion that we have been waiting for for six years because the mayor of paris, this occasion, we're excited that mayor delaware is here from paris, he was here six years ago and we have been meeting every air france flight since then waiting for you. so, the occasion has now come and we are looking forward to the mayor looking around san francisco and seeing the changes that have been made. i don't know whether -- is willie brown here? he was the one who started this some 16 years ago, i think he would have turned in this beret in order to change jobs with the mayor of paris, having gone there so many times, we also have with us tom horn who is our chairman of our sister city committee which has many exchanges which we're going hear about more of them today, mayor lee, you have been mayor for almost two years, and as you know, the mayor of paris has been mayor for 11 years, and look how young he is, so there's hope for you. we have just had a meeting inside and t

information, >> good morning, good morning, i am charlette shults and behalf of mayor lee, we welcome you to this occasion that we have been waiting for for six years because the mayor of paris, this occasion, we're excited that mayor delaware is here from paris, he was here six years ago and we have been meeting every air france flight since then waiting for you. so, the occasion has now come and we are looking forward to the mayor looking around san francisco and seeing the changes...

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echo that concern. i trustmr.lee'sopinionthat one food truck is not going to degrade the pedestrian. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners. john, department of public works. this situation, the mobile food facilities program that the department is currently running is approximately a year and a half since it was voted on by the board of supervisors. we're continually learning as given it's a new program and we're typickually continually refining. currently the legislation itself is being reevaluated to clarify and change certain aspects to provide more clarity to the code. given that my assumption currently is that it would ask for the same type of closure from 11:00 to 2:00 to operate in the same proximate location. it is highly unlikely that the department would recommend an approval for these types of additional food trucks because again, we're starting to run into areas of what we believe to be some saturation, that the intent of the legislation was to, according to the board of supervisors was place these food trucks into so-called food deserts where th

echo that concern. i trust mr. lee's opinion that one food truck is not going to degrade the pedestrian. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners. john, department of public works. this situation, the mobile food facilities program that the department is currently running is approximately a year and a half since it was voted on by the board of supervisors. we're continually learning as given it's a new program and we're typickually continually refining. currently the...

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x it's my privilege to welcome and thank you,mayorlee, deputydirector with the governor's office of economic office, lewis stewart, gale maderas, qb3's regkelly and esteemed colleagues of the city and dr. andres bush and the drug discovery leadership and our employees for joining us on this exciting occasion, the next step of expanding the innovation in mission bay. today is notust about the launch coelaborate , but thanks to mission bay's reputation as the hub, the area has become one of the most dynamic clusters of scientific innovation as witnessed by pfizer and the continued expansion of nektar and growing start-up companies that number over 30 many mission bay alone complimented by ucsf and three new hospitals here in mission bay. we're thrilled as of today mission bay can add the colaborator to its growing in the area and for bayer this is another step in the company's greatest history of leadership and development and our partnering of life science firms. today we'll start the clock on what we'll hope will be a longlar of collaboration between bay area and the most innovat

x it's my privilege to welcome and thank you, mayor lee, deputy director with the governor's office of economic office, lewis stewart, gale maderas, qb3's regkelly and esteemed colleagues of the city and dr. andres bush and the drug discovery leadership and our employees for joining us on this exciting occasion, the next step of expanding the innovation in mission bay. today is notust about the launch coelaborate , but thanks to mission bay's reputation as the hub, the area has become one of...

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direction ofmayorlee. heis a public safety championship. he is a prepared as champion. he lives it. i have seen his kids and his workplace. it is all about teamwork. i am proud to be working with chief suhr. and scott weiner, it is a pleasure to have you out here. we appreciate it. it is a great team. thank you to the people who are out here. and also our partners with the american red cross. who are here this morning. thank you for being here. it has been a tradition for many of us out here. i hope you have a great day and you remember what happened 106 years ago. it is great to be a san franciscan. >> a nice hand for the chief, everybody. i have seen this other chief speaking in the last couple of times. a nice hand for chief suhr. >> good morning. our fire chief said it. we're lucky in san francisco. we have a mayor who has moved through the tears of prepared as an goddess ready to go. we get a little more prepared every day. god bless to the survivors. >> thank you. >> it is a minute of silence at 5-11. -- 51:11 p.m. let's have a moment of silence for a minute right now. [si

direction of mayor lee. he is a public safety championship. he is a prepared as champion. he lives it. i have seen his kids and his workplace. it is all about teamwork. i am proud to be working with chief suhr. and scott weiner, it is a pleasure to have you out here. we appreciate it. it is a great team. thank you to the people who are out here. and also our partners with the american red cross. who are here this morning. thank you for being here. it has been a tradition for many of us out...

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working relationship and eternal relationship with tom, so with the team amongstmr.lee, icould understand that the relationship between san francisco and paris is not just a friendship, it could be a very efficient relationship and i will have the pleasure tomorrow to visit various places where there's a common dynamic between paris and san francisco have made innovations, technology and the spirit of enterprise and all those elements together enable a concrete relationship between paris and san francisco and even remember it last time, with had a virtual highway between san francisco and paris, we started this virtual highway, it had a lot of babies and a lot of [inaudible] in paris and in san francisco was created, were developed from this common belief that we had in innovation, in research and with the need of building economic development on new technology, on new ways of living and creating wealth and progress of the 21st century. and it's in this spirit that with [inaudible] that i'm happy to salute with all my friendship, we are going to start a new period of our links,

working relationship and eternal relationship with tom, so with the team amongst mr. lee, i could understand that the relationship between san francisco and paris is not just a friendship, it could be a very efficient relationship and i will have the pleasure tomorrow to visit various places where there's a common dynamic between paris and san francisco have made innovations, technology and the spirit of enterprise and all those elements together enable a concrete relationship between paris...

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, everybody understands that we have the unbelievable honor of having mayoredleeheretoday, who also wants to speak to us on this event. i think we should all be proud of what we have accomplished, establishing our own group here. what we want to accomplish, establishing the collaborator. i really hope that at the end, the big benefit will go to our patient. thank you very much. i'm very happy that mayor ed lee is here and speaks to us. thank you. >> thank you, andy. welcome everybody. you know, i still marvel, terry, and andy, at just less than ten years ago i was at dpw and we were signing off and getting rid of my mission bay driving range. signing off on getting rid of the railroads and turning this over to what was visualized by mayor brown and then gavin newsom later as the place that we're going to really create life sciences and now today, just seeing what with bay area is doing and the innovations that they have at really putting in the meat of why we all our city the innovation capital of the world. it's not your bay area and pfizer working alone, but they are literally usi

, everybody understands that we have the unbelievable honor of having mayor ed lee here today, who also wants to speak to us on this event. i think we should all be proud of what we have accomplished, establishing our own group here. what we want to accomplish, establishing the collaborator. i really hope that at the end, the big benefit will go to our patient. thank you very much. i'm very happy that mayor ed lee is here and speaks to us. thank you. >> thank you, andy. welcome everybody....

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with john, jerry and stephanie and tanner skpchk our special guest for the fullhour,leecooperand omega advisers and get right to today's big surge in stocks. draghi delivers. are you a believer? >> i think it does, scott, and like a lot of folks i would love to reload and buy more at lower levels than we just haven't had that opportunity. we talked last thursday about you had the opportunity then. i said this is the great time folks to be buying. look at all of the upside call activity there was in the s&p 500 in the emerging markets, in the small cap indices. all of them seeing huge upside call buying in the last half hour of trading thursday and all of those people are being rewarded big time today on this. >> stephanie. >> yeah, i think that we got enough from draghi and team to control the situation for now and actually take them off the front page for a bit. now we can focus on the u.s. da it awhich actually was pretty decent today in terms of ism and initial claims and challenger gray and adp, et cetera, and that add onto housing and add onto auto sales and add onto consume

with john, jerry and stephanie and tanner skpchk our special guest for the full hour, lee cooper and omega advisers and get right to today's big surge in stocks. draghi delivers. are you a believer? >> i think it does, scott, and like a lot of folks i would love to reload and buy more at lower levels than we just haven't had that opportunity. we talked last thursday about you had the opportunity then. i said this is the great time folks to be buying. look at all of the upside call...

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to necessarily put a condition of approval to that effect. he is there asaleeiaisonto the neighborhood if they want to contact. >> they are communicating with the dr requestor's niece who was english speaking and i don't know if she's here right now, but that's how we were communicating with the dr requestor. >> i appreciate you explaining that, thank you. >> thank you, commissioner antonini. >> thank you, in terms of the whole parking issue, we had our dealing with the narrow street here, i believe this street was when the subdivision was ut put in probably in the 20's, it was basically residential use and i don't think if cars were parked on both sides of the street, it's essentially a one way street, one car has to wait before the other one goes at least in that little segment, so if you do reinstitute parking, it would have to be on one side because of the chance of collisions going through there and the other thing i would like to see happen is the project sponsor works with the neighborhoods and with the ocean avenue neighborhood association with staff as far as the

to necessarily put a condition of approval to that effect. he is there as a lee iaison to the neighborhood if they want to contact. >> they are communicating with the dr requestor's niece who was english speaking and i don't know if she's here right now, but that's how we were communicating with the dr requestor. >> i appreciate you explaining that, thank you. >> thank you, commissioner antonini. >> thank you, in terms of the whole parking issue, we had our dealing with...

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activistjamieleecurtis.her latest book is out this month and is called "my brave year of first." we're glad you joined us for a conversation with jamie lee curtis. >> there is a saying that dr. king had, he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: please welcome jamie lee curtis back to this program, the award winning actor and best selling author is out with her latest, my brave year of first. i love that title. but that is not a buck. >> you know what? this is taunting me. this is actually a certifiable taunting. tavis: james taylor and tavis smiley. >> i'm surprised that you are not making out. i know why you're mr. smiley. what's your favorite james taylor song? if you had asked me on the spot, if i am in your sea

activist jamie lee curtis. her latest book is out this month and is called "my brave year of first." we're glad you joined us for a conversation with jamie lee curtis. >> there is a saying that dr. king had, he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the...

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call vote. president clench? >> yes. >>commissionerlee? >>yes. >> commissioner mar? >> yes. >> commissioner mccarthy? >> yes. >> commissioner mccray? >> yes. >> and commissioner walker? >> yes. >> that motion carries unanimously. item f, rehearing request, case no. 6 757, 130 bueler street, [speaker not understood], san francisco, california. [speaker not understood] 67 57 previously addressed by the abatement appeals board on june 20th, 2012. >> again, this is 130, 132 bueler street. it came up and it was already heard one time. there was a granting of the order of abatement, so forth. the property owner was given a time frame to complete the work. the property owner has now requested to rehear the abatement appeals again, but in the meantime has requested a delay due to the holidays, requested a delay for this hearing due to the holidays. it was put in writing and it was approved already. by mr. sweeney. >> commissioner mar? >> did she move? >> getting any permits or apply for any permits or anything? >> she has not applied for any permits. >> i have a question for counse

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, that's my only opinion at this point. >> okay. well, thank you for that,commissionerlee. so,i concur and i think my sense is, and correct me if i'm wrong, most commissioners up here feel that this process should be done as efficiently as possible. we've had a pretty efficient empowerment, plan check is running pretty efficiently. obviously we have to go through the motions and make sure everything is done correctly. one of the big advantages i see here, and commissioner walker is kind of pointing them to me here, we have a lot of the groundwork done with respect to the language and so on which i would imagine talking to people in the past, that was the difficult part putting all that language together, getting this all agreed on. and so i do believe based on what i'm reading, we can touch base on this as we get further into t we are in agreement with most of the language we have. we obviously with the job description, like commissioner lee is saying, probably need to give it some thought and add in there what we think is missing on that last go around, particularly with what w

, that's my only opinion at this point. >> okay. well, thank you for that, commissioner lee. so, i concur and i think my sense is, and correct me if i'm wrong, most commissioners up here feel that this process should be done as efficiently as possible. we've had a pretty efficient empowerment, plan check is running pretty efficiently. obviously we have to go through the motions and make sure everything is done correctly. one of the big advantages i see here, and commissioner walker is...

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state warriors going forward, thanks tomayorlee'ssupportand . encouragement. on may 22nd, we made an announcement. this is also a queue for the video and a good time if you have to get out, that would be now. we intend to build the most spectacular arena in the country that all bay areas, not just san franciscos, but all bay area residents can be proud. today sets the stage for the warriors to see another year. we promise it's going to reflect creative, diversity and technologically savvy of the bay area. one mission today, a world-class venue. a beacon for the warriors. [ music ] [ music ] we're all in. i hope to sigh at the ribbon-cuting in 2017 with a smile from a journey well-done. we watch that every morning to get your juices flowing. [ laughter ] san francisco deserves it. how crazy is that san francisco -- there is no city in america half the size of san francisco that does not offer world-class, multi-purpose arena and san francisco has never had it, with all due respect to the cal pals. [ laughter ] we are prepared to spend over $100 million to renovate that pier, t

state warriors going forward, thanks to mayor lee's support and . encouragement. on may 22nd, we made an announcement. this is also a queue for the video and a good time if you have to get out, that would be now. we intend to build the most spectacular arena in the country that all bay areas, not just san franciscos, but all bay area residents can be proud. today sets the stage for the warriors to see another year. we promise it's going to reflect creative, diversity and technologically savvy...

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before the board of supervisors and sent a strong message to mayoredwinlee, thatno one is free of domestic issues. mayor lee, have you looked at your own dirty linen? it is my sincere hope that you give him his job back as jarett, back pay, and his benefits be restored. made a piece of the lord be with you both, and of course, especially theo. thank you to everyone. >> commissioners, my name is francisco de costa. in all of your deliberations, some of those deliberations you have not heard. you have read about them, but you have not heard. we have a sunshine taskforce that after deliberation, sent hundreds of cases before this ethics commission. you have to ask yourself how many of those cases you have drawn into the wastepaper basket. -- thrown into the wastepaper basket. you have to ask ourselves whether we, the people, wanted an ethics commission like this that adjudicates in the manner in which you have thrown out so many cases sent to you by the sunshine task force. let me bring it to your attention. we have four supervisors who have been charged for official misconduct by yo

before the board of supervisors and sent a strong message to mayor edwin lee, that no one is free of domestic issues. mayor lee, have you looked at your own dirty linen? it is my sincere hope that you give him his job back as jarett, back pay, and his benefits be restored. made a piece of the lord be with you both, and of course, especially theo. thank you to everyone. >> commissioners, my name is francisco de costa. in all of your deliberations, some of those deliberations you have not...

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leeisa very popular man, a very popular mayor and i want to know first the reputation of the people of san francisco through him and through his progress. we have another common link, we believe that innovation can be noble if it starts many the people, so from the intervention of people in the democracy, a dynamic democracy, of course with new cooperation, new act of cooperation, first of all, there's always innovation [inaudible] of working in a smart and efficient way. we work together on the program as smart cities where we want san francisco -- other cities to be modern cities but also civilized cities which means that consider that everything we wish for as far as economic development is concerned must consider the environment also, and the quality of the planet on which we live. with mr. lee, we talked about all these questions and of course we are going encourage all of these new companies and everything that enables us to improve our cities and make them a better place to live and less polluted place to live, as may it in transportation, management of energy, in san

lee is a very popular man, a very popular mayor and i want to know first the reputation of the people of san francisco through him and through his progress. we have another common link, we believe that innovation can be noble if it starts many the people, so from the intervention of people in the democracy, a dynamic democracy, of course with new cooperation, new act of cooperation, first of all, there's always innovation [inaudible] of working in a smart and efficient way. we work together on...

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in welcoming our host, mayor edwinm.leeandfirstladyanitalee, andthe man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] -- the man of the our -- the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] that is the way you make an entrance, right? [applause] well, mayor lee, mrs. lee, and honored guests, for 50 years, the sounds of tony bennett and his rendition of "i left my heart in san francisco" has said to the world that this city by the bay is the capital of love, beauty, and a unique style that made it one of the plan its tourist destinations. mr. bennett, your voice is the voice of san francisco, and this is your day. [applause] we have a fantastic program for you today. we have some local singers inspired by mr. bennett's career, and they will pay tribute to mr. bennett in song. tony bennett, your dedication to young people is known through countless projects such as your exploring the arts foundation and your founding of the frank sinatra school for the arts. you have proved to be a timeless link between a

in welcoming our host, mayor edwin m. lee and first lady anita lee, and the man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] -- the man of the our -- the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] that is the way you make an entrance, right? [applause] well, mayor lee, mrs. lee, and honored guests, for 50 years, the sounds of tony bennett and his rendition of "i left my heart in san francisco" has said to the world...

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want to close by reminding you that california is the birthplace asmayorleewassaying of life science, biotech, the home of the california stem cell institute, a state with more engineers, more scientists, more global -- nobel laureate's than any other state or we still lay claim to five of the top universities based on the shanghai index in the world. caltech, stanford university, and three of our public universities, not least of which the university is a stone's throw away. uc-berkeley campus. we're proud of the state but we also recognize we have challenges and we need to lean into the world we're living in. this today is an example of leading in and i am grateful to all of you for your participation. and vice minister, we are honored to have you out here in our state in this wonderful city and we look forward to many visits over many years. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, lieutenant governor. of course, the best for last. the hon. vice minister of commerce to the podium, please. [applause] >> lt. governor newsom, mayor lee, counsel general, ladies and gentle

want to close by reminding you that california is the birthplace as mayor lee was saying of life science, biotech, the home of the california stem cell institute, a state with more engineers, more scientists, more global -- nobel laureate's than any other state or we still lay claim to five of the top universities based on the shanghai index in the world. caltech, stanford university, and three of our public universities, not least of which the university is a stone's throw away. uc-berkeley...